Amusement machine



July 26, 1932. R GATTER I I 1,868,7452

AMUSEMENT MACHINE Filed Nov. 15, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 JPV6YZ757" July 26, 1932.

R. GATTER AMUSEMENT MACHINE Filed Nov. 15, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 July 26, 1932. ER 1,868,742

AMUSEMENT MACHINE Filed Nov. 15, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented July 26, 1932 PATENT I oFFIcE RUDOLPH GATTER, OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS,.ASSIGI\T OR T JOHN IEH MEYER. OF CHICAGO,

- ILLINOIS i AMUSEMENT MACHINE Application filed November 15, 1928. Serial No. 319,710.

This invention relates to coin operated amusement machines and its object is to provide a novel machine adapted to be operated operators fist to actuate mechanism for in-- dicating the force of the blow on a conveniently located scale forming part of the machine.

Another object of the invention is to provide a movable indicating device adapted to be operated by punching the bag and means for holding the device in its elevated position until the bag is again manually disposed in operative position for punching.

And further objects of the invention-are to lock the bag in inoperative position after each punching operation and to provide coin operated means for releasing said locking 2;; means so that the bag can be disposed in operative position. In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a selected embodiment of the invention and referring thereto Fig. 1 is a sectional view-on the line 1-1 3 of Fig. 2. i

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine, partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail sectional views showing diflerent positions of the parts.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view showing the bag in normal inoperative position.

Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the bag in operative position and the other parts correspondingly disposed.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view partly taken on the line S8 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line 9-9 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 10 is a front elevation of the coin controlled mechanism.

a Fig. 11 is a side view of the coin controlled mechanism partly in section.

12 is a detail enlarged perspective view. Y 1

Referring to the drawings 1 indicates generally the frame of the machine and 2 isv a locking leverwhich is pivotedat its lower end at 3 to the frame. A spring 4 is attached to the locking lever and to the frame and tends to pull the locking lever to the right,Figs.

.6, 7, into locking position as hereafter explained. A punching bag 5 is mounted on the upper end of a supporting lever arm 6 which is offset or shouldered near its lower end. Abell crank 7 ispivoted at 8 on the frame and one arm thereof is pivotally engaged'at its outer end with the offset part 6 of the supporting lever arm 6 by a pin 9. A

spring 10 is attached-to the lower end of the arm 6 and to a fixed part on the frame for holding the arm and the bag carried thereby and the bell crank'nornially in lowered in operative position, Fig. 6. When the machine is properly operated by depositing a coin to the release the bag, as hereafter ex plained, the bag is lifted manually,Fig. 7, thereby raising the arm 6 and the bell crank 7 againstthe tension of spring 10 until the extended pivot pin 9 engages the shoulder 11 at the upper end of the locking bar 2, Fig. 12,

the locking bar being normally urged rearward, to the right in Fig. 7 to produce and preserve this engagement.

A slide bar 12.

Figs. 7 .9, is pivotally connected at its forward end to the other arm of tliebell crank with a hook 14 which engages a pin 15, on the bell crank 16 whichis pivotally mounted at 16 on the frame. The slide bar has, a recess 17 which engages a pin 18on the frame and the slide bar is normally held in this position and in operative relation to the pin 15 on the bell crank by spring 19 when the bag is in lowered position.

When the bag is raised in a regular opera? tion the slide bar is moved to the left, Fig. 9, operating the bell crank 16 until the recessed part of the slide bar travels beyond thepin 18 whereupon the hook 14 is disengaged from the pin 15'. Thebell crank 16 engages a pin 20 on the release rack bar 21 which operates a toothed segment 22 on the vertical rock shaft 22. A. weighted indicator 23 having the configuration of a star, for example, is mounted to slide on a rod 23 and a bell 23 is located at the upper end of this rod to be struck by the indicator. A spring-pressed pawl 2% is arranged to engage a series of lugs 2% arranged in vertical alinement on the rock shaft 22 and thereby retain the indicator in the elevated position to which it has been thrown in the operation of the machine. hen the bag 5 has been struck while in its elevated position, Fig. 7, it is forced to the dotted line position in engagement with the plate which is rigidly mounted on a lever 26 pivotc d at 27 in the frame. The indicator 23 normally rests on the rear end of this lever 26 and when the plate is struck by the bag the lever is swung to throw the indicator, which rests on the rear end thereof, up on the rod 23' a distance proportional to the force of the blow of the bag on the plate induced by the blow imparted to the bag by the operator, the position being indicated by reference to the scale 2 The indicator pawl 24 at its highest position engages a lug 24 and is held thereby at its highest position until it is released upon the next regular operation of the machine. The forward end of the lever 26 is pivoted at 26' on a vertical rod 28 which passes through an opening in a fixed part 29 of the frame and carries a collar 20. A spring 31 is arranged on the rod 28 between the collar and the part 29 to hold the rod and the front end of the lever 26 and the striker plate 25 normally in elevated position.

hen the bell crank 16 is operated by the slide bar, as heretofore described, the rack bar 21 is moved and the segment 22 rocks the shaft 22 to release the indicator from the lug which is supporting it and thereupon the indicator drops to its lowest position, F 7, resting upon the rear end of the lever 26. The indicator remains in its elevated position until the bag has been raised for the next regular operation of the machine and the act of raising the bag operates the parts for releasing the indicator to permit it to fall to its lowest position. A spring 37 fastened to an arm 38 on the rock shaft 22 and to a fixed arm 37 on the frame returns the rock shaft, the segment and the rack bar 21 to nor ial position. To prevent the rock shaft from turning back to normal position before the indicator has reached its lowest position I provide a pivoted dog 39, Fig. l, normally engaging the teeth 40 on the rack bar 21 and connected bv a. link 4-1 with a lever which is pivoted at on the frame. One end of this lever 42 projects beneath a spring pressed pin ll which is located below and in the path of travel of the indicator 23. ii. spring l5 acting on the lever l2 holds it in operative engagement with the pin ll. .Vith the dog 39 engaging the teeth 40 the rack bar may be moved to the left as the bag is raised and this rocks the shaft 2; to release the indicator so that it will drop upon the pin it, but if the bag is raised quickly the rock shaft might swing back into operative position before the indicator has reached its lowest position and this is prevented by the dog which locks the rack bar against reverse movement until the dog is released from the eeth by the operation of the indicator on the pinand the parts just described. The coin 4:6 is inserted in a slot 47 in the frame and travels through a chute 48 into wedging position Fig. 11, between the locking lever 2 and the chute to hold the locking lever against the tension of its spring 4: so that the bag can be raisedto its highest position.

lVhen a proper coin has been used and the bag is raised, as just described, the extended pivot pin 9 will engage the upper portion of the locking arm and swing it forward sufficiently to the left, Fig. 7, to release the coin so that it can pass through the chute and into the bottom of the frame. If the bag is raised without inserting a proper coin in the manner described the spring 4: will pull the 10010 ing arm rearward to the right in Fig. 7 and the extended pin 9 will engage the notch l9 in the locking arm thus preventing the bag from being raised to operative position. When the bag is struck by the op rator it travels as indicated by the arrow in 7 and the arm 6 pivots on the pin 9 resting upon the shoulder 11 of the locking arm 2, Fig. 12, and the stud 50 on the arm 6 below the pivotpin 9 engages a web 51 on the locking arm and forces the arm to the left, Fig. '7. to disengage it from the pin so that the spring 10 may then pull the arm 6 and the bag to lowered position, Fig. 6.

The operation of the machine has been indicated in the foregoing discription. lVhen a coin or token has been inserted in the chute the bag can be raised to its elevated operative position. The indicator has been left in elevated position as an incentive to future use of the machine and when the operator thus raises the bag to elevated position the indicator is released and falls to its lowest position on the lever 26. Then the operator strikes the bag as he would strike a punching bag and the bag swings over with its supporting arm and strikes the plate 25 and swings the lever 26 to throw the indicator upward; As the indicator travels upward the pawl 241noves freely over the lugs 2i until the indicator comes to rest upon a lug. Meantime the spring 10 has returned the bag and its associated parts to nor-r al lowered position and returns the slide bar with its hook in position for operative engagement with the indicator release mechanism. The dog 39 operating upon the teeth 10 of the rack bar 21 is a safety means to insure that the indicator will fall to its lowest position whenever the bag is raised to its highest position after insertion of a coin.

I have illustrated the invention in a form which I have found commercially satisfactory but I am aware that changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts may be made to satisfy different conditions and for other purposes without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages and I reserve the right to make all such changes within the scope of the following claims:

I claim:

1. A machine of the class described com prising a vertically movable indicator, striking means normally in inoperative position and adapted to be set in operative position, means for elevating the indicator when struck by said striking means, a series of means arranged in the path of theindicator and adapted to support it in its elevated position, and means operated when said striking means are moved into operative position for releasing the indicator to permit it to return to normal position.

2. A machine of the class described comprising an upright support, an indicator adapted to travel alongside said support, means spaced apart on the support for sustaining the indicator in any position to which it may be elevated, a lever for causing the indicator to travel upwardly, a bag normally in inoperative position and adapted to be moved to operative position and punched to engage and operate the lever, and means operated when the bag is moved into operative position for releasing the indicator from said supporting means to permit it to return to normal position.

3. A machine of the class described comprising a vertically disposed rock shaft, a movable indicator arranged to travel alongside the rock shaft, means spaced apart on the rock shaft in alinement and adaptedto support the indicator in any position to which it may be elevated, a lever for causing the indicator to travel upward, a bag normally in inoperative position and adapted to be punched to cause it to operate said lever, and means operated when said bag is moved to operative position for rocking said shaft to release the indicator and permit it to return to normal position. i

4. A machine of the class described comprising an upright support, an indicator adapted to travel alongside said, support, means spaced apart on the support for sustaining the indicator at the limit of its upward travel, means for causing the upward travel of the indicator, means for releasing the indicator, and means for preventing said sustaining means from interfering with the indicator after the indicator has been released until the return of the indicator to initial position.

I 5. A machine of the class described comprising an upright support, an indicator adapted to travel alongside said support,

means spaced apart on the support for sus- I i taining the indicator at the limit of its upward travel, a lever for causing the indicator to travel upward, a bag normally in inoperative position and adapted to be moved to operative position and punched to engage and operate the lever means operated when said bag is moved into operative position for releasing the indicator from; said supporting means to permit it to return to normal posi tion, and means operating upon release of the the indicator, means for releasing the indicator, and means comprising a dog and tooth device cooperating with said support to .prevent interference of said sustaining means with the return of the indicator to its initial position. a

" 7. A machine of the class described comprising an upright support, an indicator adapted' to travel alongside said support, means spaced apart on the support for-sustaining the indicator at the limit of its upward travel, means for imparting the upward travel to the indicator, means for releasing the indi cator, and means comprising a dog and tooth device cooperating with said support to prevent interference of said sustaining means with the return of the indicator to its initial position, and means operated by the indi-' cator for releasing said dog.

8. A machine of the class described comprising an upright support, a series of alined lugs on said support, a guide rod adjacent to and parallel with said support, an indicator, operable means for causing said indi 'cator to move upwardly on said guide rod, said operable means being capable of movement to operative and to inoperativepositions, a yielding pawl on said indicator arranged to ride over said lugs and sustain the indicator at the limit of its upward travel by engagement with a lug, and means connected to said operable means to be movable therewith for moving the support to release the pawl from said lug to permit the indicator to return to initial position when said operable means is moved into operative posltion.

9. A machine of the class described comprising an upright rotatable support, a series of alined lugs on said support, a guide rod adjacent to and parallel with said sup-' port, an indicator, operable means for causing said indicator to move upwardly on said guide rod, said operable means being capable of movement to operative and to inoperative positions, a yielding pawl on said indicator arranged to ride over said lugs and sustain 5 the indicator at the limitor" its upward travel by engagement with a lug, and means connected to said operable means to be movable therewith for rotating said support sufiicient- 1y to release the pawl from said sustaining lug to permit the indicator to return to its initial position when said operable means is moved. into operative position.

10. In a machine of the class described the combination of a frame, a punch bag, an arm 15 supporting said bag, a spring for urging the bag and arm into inoperative position and connected to said arm and the frame, a lever for supporting the arnrwith the bag in operative position, and means operated when 20 the bag is punched to release the arm from said lever to permit the spring to return the arm and bag to inoperative position.

11. In a machine of the class described the combination of a frame, vertically movable indicator, movable means for sustaining the indicator in elevated position, a lever pivoted on the frame and adapted to induce upivard travel of the indicator, a punch bag adapted to swing from an elevated position and operate the lever, an arm supporting said bag, and means connected to said arm for moving the indicator sustaining means to release the indicator as said bag is moved into said elevated position.

RUDOLPH GATTEB. 

